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To: SeekAndFind

The Capitol Police have no jurisdiction in Florida. Ticket their cars, and charge them for harassment if they even so much as ask someone a question.


7 posted on 09/26/2022 9:24:39 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: T.B. Yoits

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/2/1966

… the United States Capitol Police is authorized to protect, in any area of the United States, the person of any Member of Congress, officer of the Congress, as defined in section 4101(b) of this title, and any member of the immediate family of any such Member or officer, if the Capitol Police Board determines such protection to be necessary...

… As used in this section, the term “United States” means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and territories and possessions of the United States...


13 posted on 09/26/2022 10:04:48 PM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: T.B. Yoits
This from Wikipedia. I have no idea if this is correct.

"The United States Capitol Police (USCP) is a federal law enforcement agency in the United States with nationwide jurisdiction charged with protecting the United States Congress within the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its territories. It answers to the Capitol Police Board and is the only full-service federal law enforcement agency appointed by the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States.

40 posted on 09/27/2022 5:12:03 AM PDT by unread ("It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required." W. Churchill.)
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